Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:40

17:40

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا

afa-aṣfākum rabbukum bil-banīna wa-ittakhadha mina l-malāikati ināthan innakum lataqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīman

Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

— Saheeh International

What? Has your Lord favoured you people with sons and taken daughters for Himself from the angels?What a monstrous thing for you to say!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Has then your Lord (O pagans of Makkah!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? Verily you indeed utter an awful saying.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْafa-aṣfākumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
رَبُّكُمrabbukumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons
وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaand He has taken
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
إِنَـٰثًاۚināthandaughters
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
لَتَقُولُونَlataqūlūnasurely say
قَوْلًاqawlana word
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangrave